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Know Theatre Welcomes Back THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK For Fringe Encore March 13 & 14

KNOW THEATRE welcomes back
THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK for Cincy Fringe Encore Performances!

The ghost of Anna Morgan Faber will be summoned
to perform her thirteen­-song cycle on March 13th and 14th.

CFF_The Legend of White Woman CreekTHE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK is a presentation for lovers of music, ghost stories, and the North American West, a tale told from the perspective of a spirit who cannot rest until she sings the record straight. Created by The Coldharts (Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan), THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK is a one­ woman music ­theater piece inspired by a ghost story from Western Kansas. It weaves a narrative through thirteen original folk songs based on the traditional music that first inspired Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. With only her guitar and powerful voice, Katie evokes the desolation of the Kansas plains, the oppressive times, the brutal conflict between two warring people, and the small joys one manages to find amidst such turmoil.

THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK appeared at the 2014 Cincinnati Fringe Festival and captivated audiences in the basement of MOTR Pub on Main Street. Know Theatre and the Cincy Fringe are thrilled and delighted to welcome back this talented group from New York City and invite you to join us and experience this truly one-of-a-kind performance. This will mark the 76th and 77th performance of The Legend of White Woman Creek. The piece premiered at the 2012 Twin Cities Horror Festival in Minneapolis and has been performed across the United States and Canada, including other Fringe Festivals in New York City, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver.

Calendar Listing 

Production:    THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOMAN CREEK by The Coldharts from Brooklyn, NY

When:          March 13th and 14th, 2015 @ 8PM

Where:         The Underground at Know Theatre of Cincinnati. 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Tickets:   $15

Flex-Passes (6 tickets for $90) can be used in any combination of patrons and performances for this event.

Since 1997, Know Theatre has been dedicated to creating explosive and evocative live entertainment. We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.

Know Theatre’s work is made possible by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Know is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving. 

Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

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Know Theatre Completes Its Mainstage Season with HEARTS LIKE FISTS

KNOW THEATRE COMPLETES ITS MAINSTAGE ADAPTATION SEASON WITH
Hearts Like Fists

By Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Tamara Winters

Love is a battlefield. A battlefield where superheroes fight crime.

KTC_Hearts Like Fists NEW logoDoctor X is on a mission to make happy couples of The City pay, murdering them while they sleep with his specially designed poison that goes straight to the heart. Meanwhile, talented surgeon Peter works around the clock to perfect an artificial replacement to his own damaged heart, so it’ll never be broken again. Caught in the middle are The Crimefighters—nurses by day, superheroes by night—who must stop Doctor X before he kills love forever.

Know Theatre concludes its Adaptation season with the regional premiere of HEARTS LIKE FISTS, a play that brings the action-packed world of comic books to the stage.

This production marks director Tamara Winters second MainStage effort since joining Know Theatre as Associate Artistic Director in May 2014. About HEARTS LIKE FISTS, Tamara says, “HEARTS LIKE FISTS is a story where the danger of heartbreak is quite literally life-threatening. Where the stakes of love are truly big enough to warrant secret identities and death-defying acts of bravery—and malice. It’s the story of a world where the enormity of love and the fear of hurt can only be understood through the lens of a comic-book world. We can’t wait for you to see the comic book world we’ve conjured for our MainStage!”

HEARTS LIKE FISTS faces familiar to Cincinnati audiences, as well as some newcomers to the Know Theatre stage. Linnea Bond and Sola Thompson–both alums of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s Acting Internship, join Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Member Miranda McGee as the elite superhero force, The Crimefighters. Making her Know Theatre debut is another Cincinnati Shakespeare Company star, Maggie Lou Rader, who plays the fiercely independent (and fiercely in love) Lisa. Playing the brilliant-but-troubled surgeon Peter is Andrew Ian Adams, whose work has been seen locally in 2014’s Serials at Know, as well as with Madcap Puppet Theatre and Human Race Theatre Company of Dayton, OH. Lisa DeRoberts, frequently seen at The Carnegie and Children’s Theatre stages, joins the Know as the lovelorn Nurse. And making his Cincinnati debut is James Creque, who brings to life the nefarious supervillain, Doctor X.

Opening March 27th at Know Theatre, HEARTS LIKE FISTS will feature stellar performances, heart-pumping action sequences (led by Fight Director Jonn Baca), and a story unlike anything you’ve seen on Cincinnati stages.

Cast

  • Andrew Ian Adams as Peter
  • Linnea Bond as Sally
  • James Creque Doctor X
  • Lisa DeRoberts as Nurse
  • Miranda McGee as Jazmin
  • Maggie Lou Rader as Lisa
  • Sola Thompson as Nina

Production Team

  • Director – Tamara Winters
  • Fight Director – Jonn Baca
  • Scenic & Lighting Design – Andrew Hungerford
  • Costume Design – Noelle Wedig
  • Sound & Video Design – Doug Borntrager
  • Design Associate – Sarah Beth Hall
  • Technical Director – Nick Koehlke

Calendar Listing

Production:   HEARTS LIKE FISTS by Adam Szymkowicz

 When:             March 27th – April 25th, 2015
Wednesdays – Saturdays @ 8PM, Sundays @ 3PM

Where:            Know Theatre of Cincinnati. 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. In historic Over-the-Rhine.

Tickets:      $20 in advance
$10 Rush tickets at the door 10 minutes prior to curtain (when available)
FREE performances on Wednesdays, as part of Know Theatre’s Welcome Experiment. Subject to
availability; reserved Welcome Experiment tickets must be claimed 15 minutes before the performance
or be subject to redistribution.
 6 Ticket Flex-Passes are available for $90 and can be used in any combination of patrons and shows
for all MainStage and SecondStage programming at Know Theatre.

Since 1997, Know Theatre has been dedicated to creating explosive and evocative live entertainment. We value a playful artistic community where artists can collaborate and grow.

Know Theatre’s work is made possible by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Know Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Know is also supported by The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, helping to change our communities for the better through collaboration and innovation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which provides a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving.

Know Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

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SERIALS 2: THE THUNDERDOME Episode 3 – Who Survived?

KTC_Series2And the survivors, as announced by from Know Theatre of Cincinnati:

RESULTS TIME!

Here are the official results from Episode 3 of the Thunderdome.

Continuing on to Week 4 are, in alphabetical order:

  • ANDY’S HOUSE OF [BLANK]
  • CINDERBLOCK
  • SO IN TENTS

And don’t forget:

THE NEXT 15 MINUTES and PEGGY HART still have the chance to make a triumphant return in week 5!

It was a wild night, amazing night, everyone. Thanks for being a part of it!

See you in 2 weeks!

New shows premiering on March 16 include one TBA and a [untitled Roshomon show] by Kevin Crowley.

I recommend that you purchase your tickets in advance for Episode 4 at https://know.tixato.com/buy/serials-2-thunderdome-episode-4

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VIDEO: SERIALS 2: THUNDERDOME – Episode 3 Smackdown!

KTC_Series2Chris Wesselman and John Bromels have some words for the reigning Thunderdome champions.

Those champions of the first two weeks have been:

  • ANDY’S HOUSE OF [BLANK] by Paul Strickland and Trey Tatum
  • CINDERBLOCK by Ben Dudley
  • PEGGY HART MINI MYSTERY HOUR by Alison Rampa

SERIALS is Know Theatre’s Monday Night program of new plays by local writers, told in fortnightly installments over the course of 10 weeks.

How does it work? 15 minute episodes, every two weeks, a total of 5 installments. In each installment, we’ll present 5 shows. At the end of the evening, the audience will vote on which 3 plays get to continue for another episode.

Can THE NEXT 15 MINUTES or SO IN TENTS take one or two of the reigning three down?

Click play to start the smack down…

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HEARTS LIKE FISTS Runs March 27-April 25

Clockwise from top: Miranda McGee as Jazmin. Linnea Bond as Sally & Sola Thompson as Nina,  Photo by Daniel R. Winters.

Clockwise from top: Miranda McGee as Jazmin. Linnea Bond as Sally & Sola Thompson as Nina, Photo by Daniel R. Winters.

HEARTS LIKE FISTS
Presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati
March 27-April 25
Over-the-Rhine

Directed by Tamra Winters

Cast: Maggie Lou Rader as Lisa, Andrew Ian Adams as Peter, Linnea Bond as Sally, Miranda McGee as Jazmin, Sola Thompson as Nina, Lisa DeRoberts as Nurse & James Creque as Doctor X

Love is a Battlefield. Where superheroes fight crime.

The hearts of a troubled city and its citizens are intertwined. Doctor X is sneaking into apartments and killing lovers while they sleep. Can the elite Crimefighters stop him?

  • Fri-Sat, March 27-28 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 29 at 3pm
  • Wed, April 1 at 8pm (The Welcome Experiment)
  • Thu-Sat, April 2-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 5 at 3pm
  • Wed, April 8 at 8pm (The Welcome Experiment)
  • Thu-Sat, April 9-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 12 at 3pm
  • Wed, April 15 at 8pm (The Welcome Experiment)
  • Thu-Sat, April 16-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 19 at 3pm
  • Wed, April 22 at 8pm (The Welcome Experiment)
  • Thu-Sat, April 23-25 at 8pm

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